Adhesive stick.



A. W. HARRINGTON, JR.

ADHESIVE STICK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1909.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

To all whom it may conceFn:

Be it known that I, ARVIN W. HARRING- TON, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, county of Itensselaer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adhesive Sticks, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon which form a part of this specification. imilar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

The object of the invention is to provide a soft, sticky or adhesive substance in a form and condition suitable for convenient application by hand to the handles of tools, golfsticks, or the like, and which will permit of certain purposes, I prefer to use equal parts said substance bein freely carried in the pocketof the user wlthout danger of its adboring to the pocket.

The invention consists in providing a composite stick of adhesive material having its inner portion comparatively soft and sticky at ordinary temperatures, and its outer por tion comparatively rigid, non-adhesive and easily abraded at ordinary temperatures, as hereinafter more fully described and subsequently pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side view in plan of the improved stick. Fig. 2 is a central, longitudinal section of the stick, taken on the broken line 22 in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is an end view of the stick.

The stick is preferably made cylindrical in form, and of a length equal to several times the diameter of the stick.

The inner portion, 1, of the stick is comat ordinary temperatures, and readily adapted for distribution, by rubbing over the hamdles of athletic or sporting devices, such as the handles of golf-sticks. Any known substance or mixture having these characteristics may be used for the purpose. I have found suitable for this purpose a mixture of equal parts of pitch and beeswax, and, for

of white pitch and Japan wax. The relative proportions of the ingredients of the mixture can be varied to secure the desired stickiness or tackiness at ordinary temperatures in the climate in which the stick is to be used.

The outer portion, 2, of the stick may be made of any substance or mixture which at ordinary temperatures is comparatively hard or rigid,"nonadhesive and easily abraded, whereby it is adapted to support the softer inner portion, 1, of the stick, and to give rigidity and strength to the composite stick, and provide the same with a hard, non-adhesive surface, which, however, is easily abraded in the use of the stick. I have found ordinary commercial rosin a suitable substance for the outer portion, 2, of the stick.

In making the composite stick, the outer portion of the stick may be first made in the form of a hollow body, which is subsequently filled with the inner sticky portion, or the.

inner sticky portion may be first made in the form of a core, and then quickly dipped in the melted rosin, the dipping operation being repeated,'if desired, to increase the thickness of the supporting shell for the soft inner portion. of the stick.

In the use of such a stick, it is only necessary to grasp the same firmly in the hand, or between the thumb and finger of one hand, and rub one end of the stick along the handle to be treated, holding,the stick in a position such that its axial line will be approximately at right angles to the axial line of the handle, whereupon the inner and outer portions of the stick are simultaneously abraded and deposited on the handle, imparting thereto a sticky, adhesive surface which greatly facilitates the manipulation of the tool or other article provided with such handle. The operation can be repeated as often as'desired until the stick is abraded and worn down to a minimum size adapted to be conveniently held between the thumb and finger.

I am thus able to produce a new and useful article of manufacture, which has proved a great convenience and help to those using handled articles.

What I claim as new and desire to secure 1. An adhesive stick of the class described having its inner portion composed of a co1 ninclosure therefor composed of a compara- 10 paratively soft, adhesive mlxture, and its tlvely hard resinous substance. outer portion composed 0i a comparatlvely In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set rigid in? non-aghfisivia, re(s1mous bilbstance. my hand this 29th day of Dec. 1908.

2. evice o t e c as escri com ris- 1 ing'an inner portion composed of a mix ture' HARRINGTON containing pitch-and a fatty substance com- Witnesses:

paratively soft and tacky at ordinarytemw L. G. KENNEDY,

peratu'res, and a supporting, easily abraded J. DoNsBAcH. 

